Command and control of devices and applications by voice using a communication base system

• US 9,881,607 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2016
• Issued: 01/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TiVo Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC (Lumen Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Geldbach, Erik, Rooks, Kelsyn D., Smith, Shane M., Wilmoth, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): SAINT CYR, LEONARD
• Application Number:
  US15/337,706
• Publication Number:
  US 20170047068A1
• Time in Patent Office: 459 Days
• Field of Search: 704246, 704247, 704251, 704252, 704275
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/08 Speech classification or search
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/30 Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/22 Interactive procedures; Man-machine interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/088 Word spotting
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/1295 Details of dual tone multiple frequency signalling
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

A first communication path for receiving a communication is established. The communication includes speech, which is processed. A speech pattern is identified as including a voice-command. A portion of the speech pattern is determined as including the voice-command. That portion of the speech pattern is separated from the speech pattern and compared with a second speech pattern. If the two speech patterns match or resemble each other, the portion of the speech pattern is accepted as the voice-command. An operation corresponding to the voice-command is determined and performed. The operation may perform an operation on a remote device, forward the voice-command to a remote device, or notify a user. The operation may create a second communication path that may allow a headset to join in a communication between another headset and a communication device, several headsets to communicate with each other, or a headset to communicate with several communication devices.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a communication device using voice-commands, the method comprising:

establishing a wireless communication path directly between a wearable headset device and a base station;

establishing a second wireless communication path between the base station and a second communication device controlled by a user wearing the wearable headset;

receiving a communication from the wearable headset with the base station;

identifying, with a command processing module of the base station, during the communication from the wearable headset, a speech pattern as including a voice-command, wherein the speech pattern is identified as including a voice command by the detection of a preliminary pre-determined address word;

separating the voice command portion of the speech pattern from the preliminary address word portion of the speech pattern;

determining, by the base station, a second communication device operation corresponding to the voice-command portion of the speech pattern;

communicating a command corresponding to the second communication device operation from the base station to the second communication device; and

executing the second communication device operation at the second communication device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the address word is a phrase in a non-English language as predetermined by a user.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the address word is a user-specified noun.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the second communication device includes a processor and the second communication device operation comprises executing a program step with the second communication device processor.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second communication device is a wireless telephone and the operation comprises sending a notification to the communication device.

6. A base station includes non-transitory computer-readable medium for storing computer executable instructions for wirelessly controlling a communication device using voice-commands that, when executed, cause the base station to:

establish a wireless communication path directly between a wearable headset and the base station;

establish a second wireless communication path between the base station and a second communication device controlled by a user wearing the wearable headset;

receive a communication from the f wearable headset;

identify, with a command processing module, during the communication from the wearable headset, a speech pattern as including a voice-command, wherein the speech pattern is identified as including a voice command by the command processing module by the detection of a preliminary pre-determined address word;

separate the voice command portion of the speech pattern from the preliminary address word portion of the speech pattern;

determine a second communication device operation corresponding to the voice-command; and

communicate a command corresponding to the second communication device operation to the second communication device.

7. The base station of claim 6, wherein the address word is a phrase in a non-English language as predetermined by a user.

8. The base station of claim 6, wherein the address word is a user-specified noun.

9. A device control system comprising;

a wearable headset;

a second communication device controlled by a user wearing the wearable headset will; and

a base station storing computer executable instructions for wirelessly controlling the second communication device using voice-commands that, when executed, cause the base station to;

establish a wireless communication path directly between the wearable headset and the base station;

establish a second wireless communication path between the base station and the second communication device;

receive a communication from the wearable headset;

identify, with a command processing module, during the communication from the wearable headset, a speech pattern as including a voice-command, wherein the speech pattern is identified as including a voice command by the detection of a preliminary pre-determined address word;

separate the voice command portion of the speech pattern from the preliminary address word portion of the speech pattern;

determine a second communication device operation corresponding to the voice-command; and

communicate a command corresponding to the second communication device operation to the second communication device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the address word is a phrase in a non-English language as predetermined by a user.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the address word is a user-specified noun.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the second communication device includes a processor and the second communication device operation comprises executing a program step with the second communication device processor.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the second communication device is a wireless telephone and the operation comprises sending a notification to the communications device.